1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 20 September.

Medalists

Gold	Zhang Linli China
Silver	Gabriela Szabo Romania
Bronze	Zhang Lirong China

Results

Final

20 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Zhang Linli	China	8:46.86
	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	8:48.28
	Zhang Lirong	China	8:48.45
4	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	8:51.78
5	Annemari Sandell	Finland	8:56.02
6	Emebet Shiferaw	Ethiopia	9:00.05
7	Jeong Yeong-Im	South Korea	9:00.30
8	Susie Power	Australia	9:04.30
9	Anja Smolders	Belgium	9:08.65
10	Azumi Miyazaki	Japan	9:10.15
11	Friederike Schmidt	Germany	9:18.44
12	Mónika Tóth	Hungary	9:20.83

Heats

18 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Zhang Lirong	China	9:05.02	Q
2	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	9:08.59	Q
3	Anja Smolders	Belgium	9:08.71	Q
4	Jeong Yeong-Im	South Korea	9:08.79	Q
5	Annemari Sandell	Finland	9:09.42	q
6	Yuko Kubota	Japan	9:19.54
7	Yelena Zhilkina	Commonwealth of Independent States	9:29.38
8	Lydia Tanui	Kenya	9:34.53
9	Ana Isabel Gimeno	Spain	9:39.86
10	Andrea Karhoff	Germany	10:04.31
11	Tuelo Setswamorago	Botswana	10:59.39

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Emebet Shiferaw	Ethiopia	9:08.62	Q
2	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	9:10.77	Q
3	Susie Power	Australia	9:11.52	Q
4	Zhang Linli	China	9:11.67	Q
5	Friederike Schmidt	Germany	9:11.89	q
6	Azumi Miyazaki	Japan	9:17.03	q
7	Mónika Tóth	Hungary	9:17.05	q
8	Kathy Butler	Canada	9:29.39
9	Kalekye Mutavi	Kenya	9:35.90
10	Jenny Hopkinson	New Zealand	10:09.06

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (1)
• Belgium (1)
• Botswana (1)
• Canada (1)
• China (2)
• Commonwealth of Independent States (1)
• Ethiopia (1)
• Finland (1)
• Germany (2)
• Hungary (1)
• Japan (2)
• Kenya (2)
• New Zealand (1)
• Romania (1)
• South Korea (1)
• Spain (1)
• United Kingdom (1)